Three-dimensional Monte Carlo model of the coffee-ring effect in evaporating colloidal droplets

• Main Authors: Crivoi, Alexandru, Duan, Fei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104038; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19413
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The residual deposits usually left near the contact line after pinned sessile colloidal droplet evaporation are commonly known as a “coffee-ring” effect. However, there were scarce attempts to simulate the effect, and the realistic fully three-dimensional (3D) model is lacking since the complex dryi...